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Curriculum Vitae






QUALIFICATIONS


1998    Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons), University of Tasmania
1991    Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania
1984    Diploma of Art, Queensland College of Art (not completed)
1983    Certificate in Photography, Queensland College of Art

PRIZES & AWARDS

2006    Fotofest Discovery, Photonews Magazine (May 2006), Hamburg, Germany
2005    Prometheus Visual Arts Award (Prometheus Foundation, Queensland)
             Island Art Prize (Ten Days on the Island - Stanley Artworks, Tasmania)
             National Photographic Purchase Award (Albury Regional Art Gallery) NSW)              Julie Millowick Acquisitive Award (Castlemain State Festival, Horsham                      Regional Gallery, Victoria)
2004    Gold Coast Ulrick Schubert Photographic Art Award, Highly Commended,
             (Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland)
             The Postcard Show, 3rd Prize (Linden Gallery, Melbourne)
2003    WM Berger Prize (British Art History publishing); Creating a Gothic Paradise:              WB Pugin in the Antipodes, exhibition catalogue, Tasmanian Museum & Art               Gallery (photographer). 
              Gold Coast Ulrick Schubert Photographic Art Award, Highly Commended,                   (Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland)
              20th McGregor Prize for Photography (University of Southern Qld,                               Toowoomba, Queensland)
2001     Martin Hanson Memorial Awards (Gladstone Regional Art Gallery &                           Museum, Queensland)
              National Photographic Purchase Award (Albury Regional Art Gallery, NSW)
2000     Gerda Pinter Award, Conrad Jupiters Art Prize (Gold Coast City Gallery,                       Queensland)
1999     Churchie Emerging Art Award - works on paper (Church of England                                Grammar School, Queensland)
1984      SGIO Art Awards;
               Toowoomba City Art Purchase (Queensland)

RESIDENCIES
1995     Parramatta City Council, Camellia Industrial Estate (Camellia Enhancement               Project), Sydney


COMMISSIONS

2001     Art in Public Buildings (New Town High School), Arts Tasmania, Hobart
1998     As I  Remember, Portraits of Tasmanian Aboriginal Elders, Department of                   Education, Hobart
1997     Creative Cultures and Nettlefold Advertising Community Art Billboard                           Project, Sydney
1996     Shell Refining (Australia) Pty. Ltd. Clyde Refinery, Sydney

GRANTS

2004    New Work Grant (established), Australia Council
2002    NAVA/Pat Corrigan Artists Grant
1999    Arts Events Grant, Arts Tasmania
             Artist Development Grant, Arts Tasmania
             Exhibition Development Fund (EDF) Carnegie Gallery, Hobart City Council
             NAVA/Pat Corrigan Artists Grant
1998    Artist Development Grant, Arts Tasmania.           
1997    Exhibition Development Fund (EDF), Plimsoll Gallery, University of                              Tasmania
   
SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006    Downtown, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
'2005   Downtown, CAST Gallery, Hobart
             Call of the Wild, Despard Gallery, Hobart; Gallery 482, Brisbane2004                         Persistent Nature, West Space Inc, Melbourne
2003    Persistent Nature, Gallery 4A, Asia-Australian Art Association, Sydney   
             The Sea: 1990-2000, Despard Gallery, Hobart
2002    Head of State, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum, Qld; Gallery 482,              Brisbane; Linden Gallery, Melbourne.
             The Sea and Foreign Lands, Canberra Theatre Centre, ACT
2000    After Duke, Gallery 482, Brisbane
1999    Erlöschen, Australian Centre for Photography Project Wall, Sydney, NSW
             The Sea and Foreign Lands, S T C Wharf 2 Theatre Foyer, Carnavale,                      Sydney; Woollongong Theatre Centre NSW; Playbox Theatre, Albury, NSW.
             Negotiating the Void, Linden Gallery, St. Kilda, Melbourne
1997    Contest of Meaning, Fishbowl Gallery, Carlton, Melbourne
             Transylvania, Peacock Theatre Foyer, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
1996    Contest of Meaning, Maling Gallery, University of Western Sydney, at the                  Casula Powerhouse, Sydney.
             
Camellia Enhancement Project, Entrepot Gallery, Centre for the Arts,                           University of Tasmania, Hobart
              Camellia Enhancement Project, Parramatta Riverside Theatre Foyer,                           Parramatta, Sydney
1995     Aureal-Southern Light and Form, Street Level Gallery, Blacktown, Sydney
1994     Aureal-Southern Light and Form, Making Sense Contemporary Arts Space,               Nth. Melbourne

SELECTED  GROUP EXHBITIONS

2006    If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?, Australian Centre for Photography,                      Sydney
2005    City of Perth Contemporary Art Prize, PICA, Perth
             Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
             This Urban World, Devonport Regional Gallery, Tas
             Industrial Strength, Horsham Regional Gallery, VIC
             CCP/Leica Docmentary Award, Centre for Contemporary Photography,                      Melbourne; and touring nationally through 2006/07
             National Photographic Purchase Award, Albury Regiional Gallery, NSW
             Prometheus Art Award, All Saints Anglican School, Gold Coast
             Rhapsody 21C, The Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania
             Julie Millowick Acquisitive Award, Castlemain State Festival, Horsham                      Regional Gallery, Vic
             Post Card Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
             Outdooring, Senkukan Gallery, Tokyo
             On Island, Devonport Regional Gallery, Tas
             Island Visions Art Prize, Stanley, Tas
             Awkward Silences, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
2004    Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Qld
             Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart
             City of Perth Photomedia Award, PICA, Perth
             Melbourne Art Fair, Despard Gallery, Melb
             Erasure, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
             Tidal, Devonport Art Prize, Devonport Regional Gallery, Tas
             New Social Commentaries, Warrnambool Art Prize, Warrnambool Regional              Gallery, Vic
             Interpreting 2004, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart
             Gold Coast Ulrick Schubert Photographic Art Award, Gold Coast City                          Gallery, Qld
             IXL Art, Plimsoll Gallery, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart
             The Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
2003    Members Show, Gallery 4A (Asian Australian Arts Associaiton), Sydney
             Members Show, CAST Gallery, Hobart
             IXL Art, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart
             Barking up the wrong tree, Mori Gallery, Sydney
             Hard Rain, Tasmanian Artists & the West Coast, CAST Gallery,                                      Queenstown, Tasmania
             Future Perfect, Bett Gallery, Hobart
             Gold Coast Ulrick Schubert Photographic Art Award, Gold Coast City                          Gallery, Qld
             20th McGregor Prize for Photography, University of Southern Qld,                                  Toowoomba, Qld
             Hobart City Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart
2002    Members Show, Gallery 4A, Sydney
             Unnatural Expectations, Despard Gallery, Hobart
             Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld
             Where have you been? Australian Art from the Collection:1980-2000, TMAG.
             Gold Coast Ulrick Schubert Photographic Art Award, Gold Coast City                          Gallery, Qld
             Hutchins School Art Prize, Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart
             32nd Alice Prize, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2001    Members Show, CAST Gallery, Hobart
             Members Show, Gallery 4A, Sydney
             Hutchins School Art Prize, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
             Martin Hanson Memorial Awards, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery &                              Museum, Qld
             Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld
             31st Alice Prize, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT
             Muswellbrook Photographic Award, Muswellbrook Regional Art Centre,                      NSW
             National Photographic Purchase Award, Albury Regiional Gallery, NSW
             Josephine Ulrick Photography Prize, Tweed River Regional Gallery, NSW
2000    Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
             Ingress, (Simon Cuthbert, Michael Schlitz, Martin Walch), first site Gallery,                  RMIT, Melbourne
1999    Overview, Linden Arts Centre, St. Kilda, Melbourne
             Centre for Contemporary Photography  Summer Salon, Fitzroy, Melbourne
             Members Show, CAST Gallery, Hobart
1998    Peepshow, Honours Graduating Exhibition, University of Tasmania, Hobart
             Centre for Contemporary Photography Summer Salon, Fitzroy, Melbourne
             CAST Members Exhibition, Hobart, Tasmania
             Group Show, Nisart Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
1997    The Ocean, CSIRO Marine and Fisheries Laboratories, Hobart
             A Wintry Mood: the Figure and Landscape in Contemporary Tasmanian Art,              Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart
1989    Members Exhibition, Chameleon Gallery, Hobart   
1986    One Offs, Freeform Gallery, Hobart
1986    Members Exhibition, Chameleon Gallery, Hobart

EMPLOYMENT & PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
2006/85 Photographer, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
2006    Fotofest, The International Meeting Place registrant, Houston, TX, USA
2004    PhotoEspana 2004, Descubremientos 04 Finalist, Madrid, Spain
2004    Fotofest, The International Meeting Place registrant, Houston, TX, USA
2000    Curator, Pivot V: About Photography
             Carnegie Gallery, Hobart City Council, Hobart (2000)
             University  Gallery, University of Tasmania at Launceston (2001)       
1998    Curator, "F": Divergent Abstraction and the Photographic Project
             Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart (1998)
             niversity Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston (1999)
             Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne (1999)
             Gippsland Regional Gallery, Sale, VIC (2000)
             Casula Powerhouse & Arts Centre, Sydney, NSW (2000)           
1996/95 Curatorial Assistant (casual), Hobart City Council
1995/93 Volunteer Gallery Guide, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
1993    Curator, Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Photography, Tasmanian                      Museum & Art Gallery
1993    Curator, Contemporary Photography from the collection, Tasmanian Museum              & Art Gallery
             Assistant Curator, Photography (part-time), Tasmanian Museum and Art                      Gallery, Hobart
1984    Assistant tutor/Demonstrator (part-time), Department of Photography, Qld                      College of Art

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
             SGIO Art Awards, Brisbane Courier Mail, April 19, 1984
             Art Purchase, Toowoomba Chronicle, Sept 20, 1984
             Moult, Alan, Sat Mercury, March 3, 1986
             McQueenie, John, Developing the right attitudes, Sat Mercury, Nov 16, 1991
             Direen, Rex, Alternative view on exhibition, Sat Mercury, Nov 23, 1991
             Hart, Bill, Contest of Meaning, exhibition review, Photofile, April 1997, issue#              50, pg. 49.
             Klaosen Diana, exhibition review, Artlink, Nov 1998, vol 18 # 4, pg. 84.
             Klaosen, Diana, Photofile, May 1999, issue 56, pg. 58.
             Nelson, Robert, exhibition review, The Age, 27 Oct. ,1999, pg. 7.
             Palmer, Daniel, exhibition review, Like Art Magazine, #11, Autumn 2000,                      pg.54
             Klaosen, Diana, Periphery, Summer 2000, issue #40-41, pg.28, 29.
             Brisbane Courier Mail, Review, July 22, 2000, pg.2
             Hart, Bill, Pivot V: About Photography, exhibition review, Photofile, April                      2001, issue # 62, pg.56
             Rankin-Reid, Jane, Undeveloped image, The Sunday Tasmanian, pg.27, 6              Jan, 2002
             Rankin-Reid, Jane, Unnatural Expectations, catalogue essay, Despard                      Gallery 2002
             Andersch, Jorge, The Sea, The Saturday Mercury, 20 Sept 2003
             Hill, Peter, Visual Arts, Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum, pg.11, 13-14 Dec              2003
             Murray-Cree, Laura, Young Guns, State of the Arts magazine, Jan-March                      2004
             Nelson, Robert, Nature as Artifice, The Age, pg. 7 (A3) 27th February 2004
             Rankin-Reid, Jane, Devonport Art Prize, The Age, (A3), 12th January 2005
             Thomas, Daniel, Ten Days On the Island, Art Monthly (May) 2005
             Andersch, Jorge, Absolutely Superb Images, The Saturday Mercury, 20                      August, 2005
             Timms, Peter, Illusions of loss & failed dreams, The Australian, 2nd                               September, 2005
             Gardner, Anthony, Leisurescapes, Photofile, pg.22-25, 76 Summer 2006
             Nelson, Robert, Modern world goes mouldy, The Age, pg. 17, 1st February,              2006
             McFarlane, Robert, Park life, Sydney Morning Herald, 8th March, 2006.

COLLECTIONS

All Saints Anglican School (Gold Coast), Albury Regional Art Gallery, Artbank, Australia Council, Casula Powerhouse, Downlands College, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Horsham Regional Gallery, McGregor Schools Collection, National Library of Australia, Parramatta City Council, Pat Corrigan Collection, Rockhampton Art Gallery, Shell Refining Australia, Stanley Artworks, State Library of Victoria, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, private collections.

ARTIST'S TALKS, WORKSHOPS, GUEST LECTURES, SYMPOSIUM PAPERS, EXHIBITION OPENINGS & PRIZE JUDGING
1993    The Art Of W.C.Piguenit, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Gallery                          Guides, Perth
1994    The Post Colonial, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Gallery Guides,                       Hobart
1994    Port Davey: a journey of discovery, Lunchtime Lectures Series, Tasmanian                  Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart
1997    Artists Talk, Maria Island Uni of Tas, Field Trip Program, Hobart
1998    Art Documentation Workshop, Burnie Regional Gallery, Tasmania; CAST                  Gallery, Hobart; University of Tasmania, Launceston
1999    The Tasman Peninsula, Uni of Tas, Field trip Program, Port Arthur Caravan               Park, Tas
1999     Artists Floor Talk, Negotiating the Void Linden Gallery, Melbourne
2000    The Tasman Peninsula, Artists Talk, Uni of Tas, Field Trip Program, Koonya,              Tas
2001    The Tasman Peninsula, Artists Talk, Uni of Tas, Field Trip Program, Koonya,              Tas
2002    Travel Photography Workshop, University of Central Qld & Gladstone                          Regional Art Gallery    & Museum, Gladstone, Qld
2002    Head of State, Artist’ talk, University of Central Qld and Gladstone Regional              Art Gallery & Museum, Gladstone, Qld
2002    The Tasman Peninsula, Artists Talk, Uni of Tas, Wilderness Studies                              Program, Koonya, Tas
2003    Refocus Symposium, Guest Speaker, Gold Coast City Gallery, Qld
2003    Art Documentation Workshop, Professional Practice Lecture, Uni of Tas,                      Hobart
2003/4 Montacute through the Lens, John Glover & the Colonial Picturesque lecture               series, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery.
2004    Travel Photography Workshop, Devonport Regional Gallery, Tas
             Exhibition Opening: Sweetness and Light, Devonport Regional Gallery
             Digital Imaging, Artist Talk, University of Tasmania
2005    Artists Talk, Wilderness Field Program (1st Semester), University of                              Tasmania, Hobart
             Artist Floor Talk, Awkward Silences, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
             Digital Colour Management for Designers, Professional Practice Lecture, Uni              of Tas, Hobart
             Artists Talk, Wilderness Field Program (2nd Semester), University of                          Tasmania, Hobart
             Digital Photography Public Workshop, Tasmanian Living Artists Week,                      TMAG, Hobart
             Artists Floor Talk, This Urban World, Devonport Regional Gallery, Tas
2006    Artists Floor Talk, Downtown, Centre for Contemporary Photography,                          Melbourne
             Artists Floor Talk, If you leave me, can I come too?,  Aus Centre for                              Photography, Sydney
             Prize judging, One Planet Extreme Environment Photographic Competition, 2006    Hobart Mid Winter Festival

TRAVEL
2006    USA
2004    Europe (Spain/France)
2004    USA/NZ
2003    Japan
2000/01 China
1991    Indonesia
1990    Indonesia
1989    Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos

 OTHER
             Committee Member, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania
             CAST member
             NAVA member
             CCP member
             Gallery 4A member



Despard Gallery
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